… The Clean Energy Finance Forum advances the understanding and growth of energy efficiency finance and renewable energy finance markets in the United States by providing … which includes original feature articles on growing trends in the renewable sector, the Forum offers free webinars, conversations with experts in the field and breaking reports on …
… schools, conducted by Yale University in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Global Network for Advanced Management, finds that: Corporations unwilling to act on environmental issues … would like to recruit. 44 percent of students are willing to accept a lower salary to work for a company with better environmental practices. Conversely, about one-fifth of …
… Watch the full recording here! Please join the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) for the 2015-2016 season of Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services. In this … Weary of NatureVest will join us to speak about the recently completed Seychelles Debt-for-Nature Swap deal. The Republic of Seychelles, a nation of 115 islands in the Western …
… The CBEY Skills for Sustainable Innovation Workshop series welcomes Max Elder, Research Director for the Food Futures Lab at the Institute for the Future, for a hands-on workshop on futures thinking and forecasting methodologies. …
… While agroforestry systems may be a promising climate & biodiversity solution, there are major hurdles to expanding agroforestry practices to the scale we need. For a whole slew of reasons, commercial profitability can be a challenge during the early …
… we are navigating similar questions about how to understand the world and change it for the better. We gather to build community—and have the kind of meaningful and generative conversations that transform our work, our lives, and our world. Convened by Patagonia Director of Philosophy and … academic year, we will financially and administratively support additional gatherings for students including dinners, hiking, happy hours, and other social occasions. While not …
… This prize provides seed funding for start-up ventures in the field of business and the environment. The goal of the funding … services, and projects while tackling some key environmental problems. We are looking for solutions in four key areas where science tells us there is an urgent need for action 1 … and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity Food, agriculture and land use Energy use, efficiency and access Materials and waste $20,000 will be distributed between one or two …
… community is recognizing that traditional funding models can’t keep pace with the need for conservation capital. At a time of modest public funding and limited philanthropic … and nonprofit professionals through practitioner convenings, intensive trainings, and information dissemination to increase the financial resources deployed for conservation. Our … We worked for many years out of The Conservation Fund, a top-ranked organization forefficiency and effectiveness that works to achieve environmental and economic outcomes. …
… to estimate Southern New England residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for local forest products, clean drinking water from forested watersheds, and access to recreation on private forestland. A survey was …
… In partnership with Patagonia and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, we have published An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Certified B … impact on society, promote corporate social responsibility, and use the power of business for higher purposes of social good. This guide will advise on best practices while helping entrepreneurs minimize legal costs, and make informed decisions as to whether B certification or Benefit incorporation makes sense for the …